This I have never before attained, though I have stood on the threshold of it.

Consider, for it is a marvel!' 'A marvel indeed.

Two days and two nights without food! Where was the Sahiba ?' said Kim under his breath.
'Yea, my Soul went free, and, wheeling like an eagle, saw indeed that there was no Teshoo Lama nor any other soul.

As a drop draws to water, so my Soul drew near to the Great Soul which is beyond all things.

At that point, exalted in contemplation, I saw all Hind, from Ceylon in the sea to the Hills, and my own Painted Rocks at Such-zen; I saw every camp and village, to the least, where we have ever rested.